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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Senior legal official dismisses PM’s ‘baseless accusations’ against AG
A senior legal official is quoted by the Ynet news website as dismissing “embarrassing” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusation that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit caved in to left-wing pressure by announcing corruption charges against him pending a hearing.
“These are baseless accusations,” the official adds. “Unfounded excuses.”